St. Louis Cardinals (28-23) Vs. New York Yankees (27-23) Game #52 N Busch Stadium N May 27, 2014 Lance Lynn (5-2, 3.60) Vs
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St. Louis Cardinals (28-23) vs. New York Yankees (27-23) Game #52 N Busch Stadium N May 27, 2014 Lance Lynn (5-2, 3.60) vs. David Phelps (1-1, 3.18) K BIRD WATCHING: The 2013 National League Champion St. Louis Cardinals are in their 123rd season of play TONIGHT’S GAME : The Cardinals continue a in the National League...the Cardinals dropped the opening game of a three-game series against the New York nine-game homestand including five Interleague Yankees 6-4 in 12 innings yesterday afternoon. Michael Wacha threw 7.0 innings allowing three runs for his ninth quality start of the season in a no decision. Kolten Wong extended his hitting streak to eight games going matchups when they host the New York Yankees 2-for-6 with a double and an RBI. Jon Jay was 2-for-2 with an RBI double off the bench. BREAKING IT DOWN: for the second of a three-game series at Busch The 2nd place Cardinals stay at 1.5 games behind 1st place Milwaukee and 6.0 games in front of 3rd place Stadium tonight with a 7:15 p.m., first pitch. Pittsburgh in the N.L. Central. This is the Yankees first trip to Busch Stadium III K WAIN-”0’S” LEAD TO N.L. CO-PITCHER OF THE WEEK HONORS: Adam Wainwright was named National and most recent trip to St. Louis since 2005...The League Co-Pitcher of the Week, sharing the award with the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Josh Beckett. Wainwright made two starts last week going 2-0 with 17 scoreless innings. He threw a one-hit shutout over Arizona and Cardinals will play the Yankees tomorrow night eight scoreless innings, while tying his career high with 12 strikeouts, at Cincinnati on Sunday night. Wainwright to conclude the series before welcoming the San struck out 21 batters over 17 innings while allowing only six hits total. The Georgia native is currently riding a Francisco Giants for four games and culminating 20.0 consecutive scoreless inning streak and had a 25.0 scoreless inning streak earlier this season. with a two-game set against their Show-Me K MOLTEN KOLTEN: Cardinals rookie Kolten Wong has been on fire since he was recalled from Triple-A Mem - State rivals, the Kansas City Royals, on June 2-3. phis. The Hawaii native has hit safely in all eight games since his recall and is tied with teammate Matt Car - penter and the Brewers’ Jonathan Lucroy for the longest active hit streak in the National League (8 games, CARDINALS vs. NEW YORK YANKEES: 12-33, .364, 5 RBI). He is the Cardinals team leader in stolen bases with seven and had four over that period.. Season: 3 games (May 26-28) K LEGENDS CLASH: The Cardinals and Yankees, two of the most storied franchises in Major League Baseball, will face each other for only the third regular season series in their histories. The Yankees lead the junior circuit 2014: 0-1 (0-1 at STL) with 27 World Championships and 40 American League Pennants, while the Cardinals lead the senior circuit 2005: 2-1 (2-1 at STL) with 11 World Championships and 19 National League Pennants ...REGULARS ONLY: The Yankees lead the reg - All-Time: 2-5 (2-2 in St. Louis) ular season series 5-2, sweeping the Cardinals at Yankee Stadium in 2003, while the Cardinals took 2-of-3 at Last Time STL sweep: Never Busch Stadium II in 2005 ...IN THE BIG DANCE: In comparison, the Cardinals and Yankees have played 28 games Last Time NYY sweep: 6/13-15/2003 at NYY in the World Series with the Bronx Bombers leading that series 15-13...however, the Cardinals won the World Series against the Yankees in 1926, 1942 and 1964, while the Yankees won in 1928 and 1943. RECORD BREAKDOWN K LEAGUE INTER-vENTION: The Cardinals opened their Interleague schedule yesterday with a loss and are 0- By Day By Month 1 this season out of 20 Interleague games on their schedule (NYY-3, KC-4, TOR-3, TAM-4, BAL-3, BOS-3). The Monday 4-4 Spring 11-13-2 Cardinals are 135-121 (.527) in their Interleague history, the second highest winning percentage among National Tuesday 5-2 March/ April 15-14 League teams (Atlanta, .530). The New York Yankees are 188-129 (.593), boasting the highest win total and Wednesday 3-4 May 13-9 winning percentage in Interleague play in MLB. Thursday 4-1 June 0-0 K IT’S A NEW BALLGAME: Only seven members of the 2014 St. Louis Cardinals had played against the New Friday 2-6 July 0-0 York Yankees prior to this series including only one home-grown player in Yadier Molina (Matt Holliday, Peter Saturday 5-3 August 0-0 Bourjos, Jhonny Peralta, Mark Ellis, Pat Neshek and Randy Choate). Sunday 5-3 September 0-0 By Seriies BIRD BANTER... vS. YANKEES: .227 (10-44) 0 HR HOMESTAND: .227 (10-44) 0 HR 2G 3G 4G 5G K #32 MATT ADAMS: Streak: 4G (6-15, .400) Series: 2-5, .400 Homestand: 2-5, .400 Won --- 10 --- --- [ Tied for NL lead with 20 multi-hit games...2nd on team w/.317 BA (8th NL)...60 H are T7th in NL...15-2Bs are 7th in N.L. Lost --- 4 1 --- ...has 2 triples...has hits in all but 4 gms in May (37-80, .463 in G w/hits)... ...stole 1st career base 5/21 vs. AZ Split --- --- 1 --- K #8 PETER BOURJOS: Streak: 0-4 Series: 0-4 Homestand: 0-4 Sweeps --- 1 --- --- [ Had 2 bunt singles 5/17 vs. ATL; 6th multi-hit gm...T7th in NL with 3 bunt hits...upped BA from a low of .154 to .218 this Opp. Sweeps --- --- --- --- month...8 of his 20 hits have gone for extra bases...tied with Adams for team-high 2 triples...has 3 SB By DIIVIISIION K Home Road Total #13 MATT CARPENTER: Streak: 8G (13-36, .361) Series: 1-6, .167 Homestand: 1-6, .167 NL Central 9-6 9-9 18-15 [ Hit 1st triple of season yest...on season-high 8G hit streak, T1st NL active hit streak...reached all 5 PA’s 5/18 vs. ATL (2H, NL East 2-1 5-6 7-7 3BB)...T6th in NL runs (34)...6th in NL with 29 BB, leading all NL lead-off men...1st career 4-hit game 4/23 at NYM. NL West 3-0 0-0 3-0 K #21 ALLEN CRAIG: Streak: 2G (3-8, .375) Series: 1-5, .200 Homestand: 1-5, .200 AL East 0-1 0-0 0-1 [ Has RBI in 5 of last 6 games; 13 RBI in May leads team...GWing RBI-double 5/22 vs. AZ...has 45 of his 69 TB’s (65%) in his AL West 0-0 0-0 0-0 last 23 gms (since 4/28)...has 26 hits w/runners on base (2nd on team, Holliday 29)...has hits in 29 of last 40 games. TOTALS 14-8 14-15 28-23 K #48 TONY CRUZ: Streak: 1G (2-4, .500) Series: DNP Homestand: DNP [ Batting .318 (7-22) w/3 RBI in his 6 starts...had RBI at NYM (4/24) & 2 RBI at WSH (4/19)...batted .357 (10-28) w/RISP in 13. MIKE MATHENY: Mike Matheny, who in 2012 be - K #33 DANIEL DESCALSO: Streak: 0-9 Series: 0-1 Homestand: 0-1 came the 49th manager in St. Louis Cardinals his - [ Pitched 0.1 IP 5/12; 1st app. in pro ball...has team-high 4 PH (4-12, .333)...has starts (7) at 2B, 3B, SS this year, 0 E (31 TC). tory, took his team to the World Series in his second season at the helm with a league-best 97- K #3 MARK ELLIS: Streak: 0-2 Series: DNP Homestand: DNP win season in 2013...in 2012, Mike guided the Car - [ Batting .375 (3-8) w/RISP/2 outs...PH-1B off Chapman Fri. night (3-3 career)...2 starts since 5/15... came off DL 4/15 (L dinals to the N.L. Championship round of the Knee)...started 18, played 21 of 28 gms 4/15-5/15 (Wong recall)...walked 2x 5/22 vs. AZ playoffs ...he is the first Cardinals manager to lead K #7 MATT HOLLIDAY: Streak: 3G (5-12, .417) Series: 1-4, .250 Homestand: 1-4, .250 his teams to the postseason in each of his first two [ 5th 3-hit gm on Sat, T13th NL...team high 27 RBI; 2nd most RBI in NL w/fewest HR (2); MIA’s McGehee (31RBI/1HR)... seasons, having already managed 30 postseason .375 BA w/RISP, 6th NL...26 BB, T7th NL...7 RBI shy of 1,000 career...reached safely all 22 home gms...8 GWRBI, T1st NL. games in his first two seasons...Matheny, 43, had K #19 JON JAY: Streak: 1G (2-2, 1.000) Series: 2-2, 1.000 Homestand: 2-2, 1.000 a 13-year Major League career playing with MIL, [ Has 6 H in last 11 AB...2-2 w/2B yest...3-3 w/2RBI in start Sat. night... batting .255 (13-51) w/2 strikes (12th in NL) ... is 2-10 as TOR, STL and SF, winning four Rawlings Gold PHer...7 multi-hit gms... .321 BA (51-159) since 9/15/13...owns .368 BA (14-38) in 7th inn. or later...8 of 14 RBI w/2 outs Gloves (‘00, ‘03-’05), and retiring from the game K in 2006 due to concussion symptoms...he holds #4 YADIER MOLINA: Streak: 0-5 Series: 0-4 Homestand: 0-4 the M.L.